Congratulations, I know you worked hard to get where your going (?) Did that make sense? I know it took 4-ever to get to your HS Grad, but wait the time is going to fly now. You'll be my age before you know it. hahaha

It's only about 2-1/2 hours from Denver, of course that depends entirely on the weather. I-80 gets closed a lot. There is a back way through Ft Collins, but it is pretty remote so if you don't have a good car, I wouldn't take that road. However it does cut about a half hour off of your time (it that whole shortest distance between 2 points thing). My sister was being courted by the swim coach up there, but she didn't have the right classes to get into a Division I program, so I know the road very well.